10-18-2008, 03:01 PM
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Re: Cassel will be facing the statistically worst pass defense for the 2nd week in a
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Originally Posted by TheGodInAGreyHoodie
Most games it was an outstanding passo-line last year. But the SB plus the Ravens, Eagles and Colts they looked somewhat suspect. And they were not a great rushing o-line last year.
Part of the decline of the o-line is it sounds like the Patriots didn't just lose their starting QB, but o-line coach as well. One of the criticism of Cassel is he is not as good at directing the o-line. It might be our o-line can't figure out how to block unless the QB tells them how to do their job. That burden should not lie so heavily on the QB but be a greater responsibly of the o-line coach, OC and O-line players themselves.
It is also possible that TB absence from the film room might be hurting the team. Maybe Tom was doing much of the job that should be being done by the OC, because he is a better game planner than the guy getting paid to be an OC.
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those are all very good points...one of the things that shanahan observed in his comments at his pregame conference call was how good brady was at going deep into the count to read the defense and pick out the rushers for his blockers...i can remember him doing that...manning does it too...even moving up and down the oline to give assignments until their was one second left on the clock...
and yes...it makes a lot of sense that they would miss him now in the film room....i hadn't thought about that...man, i miss him...i've been defending matt firmly out here, but he's light years away from TB on all the things you observed...
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